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McDougall v. North Carolina

464 U.S. 865 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-10-03 Docket No. 82-2105; No. 82-6697; No. 82-6733; No. 82-6741; No. 82-6771; No. 82-6852; No. 82-6865; No. 82-6870; No. 82-6876; No. 82-6881, No. 82-6915; No. 82-6916; No. 82-6922; No. 82-6923; No. 82-6933; No. 82-6937; No. 82-6982; No. 82-6990; No. 83-5051; No. 83-5095; No. 83-5145; No. 83-5183; No. 83-5227 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents

Majority

p. 865
No. 82-2105.
No. 82-6697.
No. 82-6733.
No. 82-6741.
No. 82-6771.
No. 82-6852.
No. 82-6865.
No. 82-6870.
No. 82-6876.
No. 82-6881,
No. 82-6915.
No. 82-6916.
No. 82-6922.
No. 82-6923.
No. 82-6933.
No. 82-6937.
No. 82-6982.
No. 82-6990.
No. 83-5051.
No. 83-5095.
No. 83-5145.
No. 83-5183.
No. 83-5227.
McDougall v. North Carolina. Simmons v. Arkansas. Magill v. Florida. Hayes v. Arkansas. Flamer v. Delaware. Wilson v. Georgia. Muhammad v. Florida. Jeffers v. Arizona. Kubat v. Illinois. Free v. Illinois. Bass v. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Bush v. Alabama. De La Rosa v. Texas. Ford v. Strickland, Warden, Florida State Prison, et al. Pruett v. Mississippi. Porter v. Florida. Narcisse v. Louisiana. Peterson v. Virginia. Williams v. North Carolina. Conner v. Georgia. Armstrong v. Florida. Davis v. Oklahoma. Adamson v. Arizona.

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Del.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-2105, 308 N. C. 1 , 301 S. E. 2d 308 ; No. 82-6697, 278 Ark. 305 , 645 S. W. 2d 680 ; No. 82-6733, 428 So. 2d 649 ; No. 82-6741, 278 Ark. 211 , 645 S. W. 2d 662 ; No. 82-6771, 490 A. 2d 104 ; No. 82-6852, 250 Ga. 630 , 300 S. E. 2d 640 ; No. 82-6865, 426 So. 2d 533 ; No. 82-6870, 135 Ariz. 404 , 661 P. 2d 1105 ; No. 82-6876, 94 Ill. 2d 437 , 447 N. E. 2d 247 ; No. 82-6881, 94 Ill. 2d 378 , 447 N. E. 2d 218 ; No. 82-6915, 696 F. 2d 1154 and 705 F. 2d 121 ; No. 82-6916, 431 So. 2d 563 ; No. 82-6922, 658 S. W. 2d 162 ; No. 82-6923, 696 F. 2d 804 ; No. 82-6933, 431 So. 2d 1101 ; No. 82-6937, 429 So. 2d 293 ; No. 82-6982, 426 So. 2d 118 ; No. 82-6990, 225 Va. 289 , 302 S. E. 2d 520 ; No. 83-5051,

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 866
308 N. C. 47 , 301 S. E. 2d 335 ; No. 83-5095, 251 Ga. 113 , 303 S. E. 2d 266 ; No. 83-5145, 429 So. 2d 287 ; No. 83-5183, 665 P. 2d 1186 ; No. 83-5227, 136 Ariz. 250 , 665 P. 2d 972 .

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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